Grants for botanical and horticultural nonprofits

Name: Top 25 grants made to botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies
Creator: Cause IQ
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455 botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies received at least $13.6 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,367 grants made from 1,077 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 1,077 foundations, 86% made just a single grant to horticulture orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more horticulture orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$13,637,231

Total grant dollars given to botanical and horticultural nonprofits

1,367

Number of grants made annually to botanical and horticultural nonprofits

1,077

Number of grantmakers funding botanical and horticultural nonprofits

$1,000

Median grant size to botanical and horticultural nonprofits

Foundations that support botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies

Out of all grants made to botanical and horticultural nonprofits, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 83% of the dollar-value of grants to horticulture orgs. Foundations funding horticulture orgs also made grants to botanical gardens, art museums, colleges, theaters, and historical societies.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	836
Medium	144
Large	97

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	25
Private	964
Corporate	55
Other	33

Grants made

Grants made to horticulture orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	932
2-3	123
4-10	18
11+	4

Top 10 foundations supporting botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to horticulture orgs	Number of grants made to horticulture orgs	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	34	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	12	$312
Greater Worcester Community Foundation	MA	Metro	0.4%	11	$1,379
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	11	$1,000
Community Foundation of North Central Wi	WI	Metro	0.6%	10	$2,095
Community Foundation of Collier County	FL	National	0.1%	9	$1,500
Clif Bar Family Foundation	CA	National	0.8%	8	$3,750
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region	NY	Metro	0.6%	7	$5,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	7	$850
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	7	$100

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Botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies grantees

Botanical and horticultural nonprofits with more than $5 million in total revenues received 90% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 46% of all horticulture orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,365
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	222
Illinois	118
Florida	110
California	92
Other	825

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	210
Chicago	119
Richmond	44
Naples	42
Other	850

Top 25 grants made to botanical and horticultural nonprofits

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)	$6,187,500	Support for Scientific Research, Horticulture and Living Collections, Audience Development, and Visitor Services and To Add To the Recovery and Restoration Fund.	LuEsther T Mertz Charitable Trust
And Sculpture Park	$5,000,000	Capital Campaign	Meijer
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Corporation	$5,000	Annual Grant for General Operating Support	Community Foundation of Mendocino County
Tower Hill Botanic Garden	$5,000	Education Programs	Rockwell Foundation
Desert Botanical Garden	$5,000	Research Funding	Kittay Foundation
Mcintire Botanical Garden	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Mcintire Botanical Garden	$5,000	Donation for General Fund	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
The Bloedel Reserve	$5,000	Unrestricted Support	Lenore Hanauer Foundation
Holden Arboretum	$5,000	General	Corinne L Dodero Foundation for the Arts and Sciences
New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)	$5,000	Charitable	The Steven M Feldman Family Foundation
Old Westbury Gardens	$5,000	Environmental Preservation	Ainslie Foundation
Chicago Botanic Garden	$5,000	Unrestricted	Sanborn Family Foundation
San Antonio Botanical Garden Society	$5,000	For Program Support	San Antonio Area Foundation Group Return
Bartram's Garden	$5,000	Fight Hunger	WhyHunger
South Texas Botanical Gardens	$5,000	General Purpose	Building Bridge Foundation
Ste Genevieve County Master Gardeners	$5,000	General Operating Support	Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO)
Cecil County Extension Advisory Council	$5,000	Education	The Columbus Foundation
Inniswood Garden Society	$5,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Portland Japanese Garden	$5,000	To Establish and Maintain A Formal Japanese Garden in the City of Portland for Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Literary & Charitable Purpose	Collins Foundation
New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)	$5,000	Education	The Fine and Greenwald Foundation
Crown Community Garden	$5,000	To Assist the Entity During the Covid-19 Pandemic	Methodist Health System Foundation (MHSF)
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Botanical and horticultural nonprofits" category for this page is determined by the "C40: Botanical, Horticultural, and Landscape Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.